Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-19
TWO ENGINES RUN AWAY.
They are BADLY Wrecked aud the Two
Engtncers are Probably Fatally In.
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They are BADLY Wrecked and the Two
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PHILADELPHIA. August Io-Two big passenger
engines ran away within the yard OF the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co last night, and two engineers
received what may prove TO be fatal injuries. The
locomotives were almost totally destroyed. Loco
motive 3a3 OF WHICH Morris Thomson Is the en-
gineer was standing beside the signal tower on
the tracks above 18th street awaiting a signal 20
back into the Broad street station where he
couples TO passenger train for Harrisburg and the
West. As the engineer sat In the cab with his
back to the station, he suddenly heard the heavy
roll OF wheels on the tracks behind him Quick as
a Hash he turned, but it was too late.
THE CRASH HAD COME.
heavy shifting engine, No lsa Jos Murray en-
gtneer, while running out OF the station had taken
the wrong track. The shifter collided with engine
No. 3s3 with terrible effect Engineer Thomson
about the head was thrown out OF the cab, and ne
lay insensible alongside OF the track passing
train struck him and almost cut his right arm OF
at the shoulder When he was picked up his
bowels were protruding and his head was fright
fully battered Fireman Blakemore was also
thrown on OF the engine, but he escaped with only
slight bruises When the shifter crashed into No
1913 the latters throttle was thrown wide open,
and the engine started out the road ut the rate of
mile minute. Having no one ON board To con-
troll II
THE WILD ENGINE FLEW WESTWARD
through the yard toward West Philadelphia
When No. 1893 reached the Philadelphia, Whining
ton, and Baltimore Railroad crossing, mile dis
tant, near Both street, on the elevated track it
collided with engine No. hoo, which runs 10 West
Chester The engineer, Jos. Kelley, was alone.
waiting TO back down 10 Broad street for his train.
The force OF the collision threw Kelley out the
ground and then engine No. 100 bounded up the
track, It's throttle having been thrown open also.
with engine No. 1913 crowding behind IT. Fortu-
nately the two engines ran through a switch,
which threw them on a short side track. This
track was only 100 yards in length, and ended
upon an embankment about 80 Ieet In height
No. ll0 went
BOUNDING DOWN THE EMBANKkEST
and buried itself In the dirt. No. 3O3 came along
at the same wild speed, and Il, too went crashing
down the bank, tumbling over the other iron non-
ster. The two engines were badly wrecked and
had they not taken the side track they would
have run wildly ahead on the main track and
caused, perhaps a terrible catastrophe, a. MOTH
Ing could have stopped them until they coilided
With another train or their steam ran out. When
Engineer Kelly was found he had deep cash in
the right side OF the head, another over the right
eye, and big bruise over the right temple. He
could not stand and was suffering from shock.
Both men were removed 10 the Presbyterian Hos
pital, where the physicians reported their condi-
tions as dangerous
Norris Thompson, the engineer OF passenger
engine 393, died of his Injuries to-day.